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After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”

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Re: After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”

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Now if they can just bring back two day shipping Prime might be worthwhile.

Did Amazon actually drop this? I haven’t used prime in a very long time but this was pretty much the only reason I bothered.

All shipping for me is 2 day. They probably just don't explicitly promise it for all regions.

Re: After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”

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Did Amazon actually drop this? I haven’t used prime in a very long time but this was pretty much the only reason I bothered.

All shipping for me is 2 day. They probably just don't explicitly promise it for all regions.

They quit trying to get me packages in 2 days sometime in the pandemic despite being just a few hours away from a fulfillment center where some relatives work.

Oddly around the same time shipping seemed to speed up from other retailers like Best Buy, Target, Adorama, etc. I buy things from Japan on Ebay and get them more quickly than packages from AMZN. Every other retailer sees shipping as a way to impress me, AMZN takes me for granted because I've been paying for Prime for 10 years.

There are accounts that people in the same ZIP codes as AMZN fulfillment centers aren't getting 2 day shipping. I guess these are rural areas with poor shopping options and AMZN doesn't need to be competitive. I'm pretty sure though that my congressman gets next day or same day shipping in Washington, DC.

Re: After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All shipping for me is 2 day. They probably just don't explicitly promise it for all regions.

They quit trying to get me packages in 2 days sometime in the pandemic despite being just a few hours away from a fulfillment center where some relatives work. Oddly around the same time shipping seemed to speed up from other retailers like Best Buy, Target, Adorama, etc. I buy things from Japan on Ebay and get them more quickly than packages from AMZN. Every other retailer sees shipping as a way to impress me, AMZN…

Two day shipping expected and several hours away from a fulfillment center! Wow.

I agree not to pay prime if they can't deliver. That said, I get 0/1/2 day delivery most of the time, but I live in a city.

Re: After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did Amazon actually drop this? I haven’t used prime in a very long time but this was pretty much the only reason I bothered.

All shipping for me is 2 day. They probably just don't explicitly promise it for all regions.

They have become much more unpredictable for me, some Prime items will be delivered same-day, others might take 3-4 days, my impression is that they expect only a small subset of customers to bother complaining, in which case they'll be "very sorry" and offer an extra month of Prime or something else which doesn't really cost them anything...

Re: After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”

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I was using Amazon Music on my commute. No ads and nice selection (often updated), plus included with Prime (which I'm paying for anyway).

Removing the ability to skip really sucks but my commute is not long enough to justify paying for Spotify or for the premium Amazon Music thing. I'm using a few limited playlists on Amazon that still allow skipping but may just go back to FM radio.

At this point there are very few benefits we're getting with Prime aside from shipping (I watch a couple of shows like The Boys, Peripheral, etc.) so I really hate they don't have an unbundled Prime just for free shipping.

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